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saccharine¹

  • /ˈsækəɹaɪn/ UK
  • /-ɹɪn/ UK
  • /-ɹiːn/ UK
  • /ˈsækɹɪn/ UK
  • /ˈsækəɹɪn/ US
  • /-ɹən/ US
  • /ˈsækɹɪn/ US

Sounds like saccharin

Where it comes from

From New Latin saccharum (“sugar”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Saccharum is derived from saccharon (“syrupy liquid from bamboo or reeds”), from Ancient Greek σάκχαρον (sákkharon), from Pali sakkharā (“sugar; gravel; granule, grain; crystal; potsherd”), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar; cotton sugar, sugarmaple; gravel, grit, pebbles; potsherd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“boulder; gravel”).

adjective more saccharine · most saccharine

  1. dated Of or relating to sugar; sugary.

    Similar: saccharous

  2. dated Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar.

    Similar: cloying, sickly, sickly sweet

  3. derogatory, figuratively Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.

    Similar: cloying, precious, saccharined, sickly, twee · Opposite: nonsaccharine

  4. Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.

noun

  1. dated, uncountable Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar.
  2. figuratively, uncountable Sentimentalism. If Captain Archie Blaine regarded these outpourings as so much adolescent saccharine he never revealed it by a single word, a smile or the flicker of an eye.

saccharine²

  • /ˈsækəɹaɪn/ UK
  • /-ɹɪn/ UK
  • /-ɹiːn/ UK
  • /ˈsækɹɪn/ UK
  • /ˈsækəɹɪn/ US
  • /-ɹən/ US
  • /ˈsækɹɪn/ US

Sounds like saccharin

Where it comes from

From saccharin + -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).

saccharine³

  • /ˈsækəɹaɪn/ UK
  • /-ɹɪn/ UK
  • /-ɹiːn/ UK
  • /ˈsækɹɪn/ UK
  • /ˈsækəɹɪn/ US
  • /-ɹən/ US
  • /ˈsækɹɪn/ US

Sounds like saccharin

Where it comes from

A variant of saccharin.

noun saccharines

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of saccharin

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adj excessively sweet, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness

Españolcursi, dulzón, empalagoso, meloso, pasteloso, sensiblero
Françaiscucul la praline, fleur bleue
Deutschsüßlich
Italianodolciastro, mieloso, sdolcinato, smielato, stucchevole, svenevole
Românădulceag, mieros
Русскийпри́торный prítornyj

adj of or relating to sugar — see also sugary

Españolsacarino, sacarífero
Portuguêssacarino
Italianosaccarifero, saccarino
Românămieros
Русскийпри́торный prítornyj
العربيةسُكَّرِيّ sukkariyy

adj of or relating to saccharin

中文糖精 tángjīng

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@misc{saccharine_2026,
  title = {saccharine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saccharine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}